Home sweet home

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Seeing the look on my families faces when I jumped out of the boot to surprise them left me speechless, it was so hard keeping my trip home a secret but I’d do it all over again in a heartbeat to see their reactions. I was at a loss for words when I saw them for the first time in 6 months, I missed them so much.

Being home was the absolute best but it did kinda feel a little strange. I had done something so utterly life changing it was weird to see that everyone was just getting on with their everyday life, I had a drastic change in my life but for them life hadn’t really changed.

Being back in England was so nice and being able to finally meet my nieces Ebonie and Evie who are now 7 weeks old was incredible, I as extremely eager to meet them and to have cuddles (which I got lots of). After going back home after starting a new life out in the states it felt like I had two totally separate lives, my life in England and my life in the USA. I have become a whole new person, I’ve re-invented myself and it was nice to share that with the people I love the most. My nieces are gorgeous and the joy and love given to me by my family was beautiful, brings tears to my eyes just thinking about them.

English culture and the lifestyle in England is so different to America so it definitely took some adjusting to get back into the swing of things and getting use to what once was all I had known.

I was back home for a week and it was honestly the quickest 7 days of my life, I truly didn't believe that time could ever go that fast. My agenda back home was to just be at home and spend time with my family. I tried my best to fit everybody in and spreading my time equally across between family and friends. Just lazing around at home with my Mum, grabbing lunch with my Dad and having a sleepover with my sister was the best.

There was so much from home that I had just missed and I'm not sure if it's something I can explain unless you've truly experienced it yourself. I just missed the layout of my city, the roads, the people, the food and it just felt nice to come back to "normal" life and all the things that I had lived with for the majority of my life.

Another thing I had missed so much was just laughing and spending quality time with my family which I was lucky enough to get to do lots of when I was back home. I had almost forgot how nice it was to just sit, hang out with them and spend quality time with them.

Being back home made me realised how much I missed it and who I was missing. I love being here in the US and I love my life here, I hadn't experienced homesickness at all until I arrived back after being in England for a week. Being at home made me miss all my family even more than I already did and it was harder leaving them a second time and having to say goodbye all over again. it was hard coming back to my second home after visiting my family and friends back in England but I quickly adjusted back and I'm enjoying it even more than ever.

Saying goodbye the second time around was hard because if I choose to extend for another year I won't see them until the end of my second year which is December 2020.

Knowing I won't see them for almost a year and a half is crazy but I just can't wait to see their faces when I'm back home and this time I'll be back for good.

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